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Mark J. Guiltinan publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark J. Guiltinan sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 137 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Mark J. Guiltinan D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark J. Guiltinan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Mark J. Guiltinan is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular emphasis on horticulture, food science, molecular biology, plant science, and environmental pollution. The main topics covered in their work include cocoa and sweet potato agronomy, food chemistry and fat analysis, heavy metals in the environment, plant molecular biology research, geochemistry and elemental analysis, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and glycosylation and glycoproteins research.

They have contributed to several recent publications, illustrating a diverse research portfolio. These include:

  • Genomic structural variants constrain and facilitate adaptation in natural populations of Theobroma cacao, the chocolate tree (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cadmium phytoextraction by Helianthus annuus (sunflower), Brassica napus cv Wichita (rapeseed), and Chyrsopogon zizanioides (vetiver) (2020), published in Chemosphere
  • Clovamide, a Hydroxycinnamic Acid Amide, Is a Resistance Factor Against Phytophthora spp. in Theobroma cacao (2020), published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Inter-species functional compatibility of the Theobroma cacao and Arabidopsis FT orthologs: 90 million years of functional conservation of meristem identity genes (2021), published in BMC Plant Biology
  • A combination of conserved and diverged responses underlies Theobroma cacao's defense response to Phytophthora palmivora (2024), published in BMC Biology

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Mark J. Guiltinan include:

  • Siela N. Maximova
  • Eric Wafula
  • Claude W. dePamphilis
  • Paula E. Ralph
  • Patrick J. Drohan

Their research has been published predominantly in venues such as BMC Plant Biology, BMC Genomics, Tropical Plant Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Chemosphere. The number of publications in these venues reflects ongoing contributions in both plant biology and broader biological sciences.

Best Publications

  • A plant leucine zipper protein that recognizes an abscisic acid response element

    Mark J. Guiltinan;William R. Marcotte;Ralph S. Quatrano

  • The genome of Theobroma cacao

    Xavier Argout;Jerome Salse;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury;Mark J Guiltinan

  • Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of expansins--a highly conserved, multigene family of proteins that mediate cell wall extension in plants.

    Tatyana Y. Shcherban;Jun Shi;Daniel M. Durachko;Mark J. Guiltinan

  • Regulation of beta-glucuronidase expression in transgenic tobacco plants by an A/T-rich, cis-acting sequence found upstream of a French bean beta-phaseolin gene.

    Mauricio M. Bustos;Mark J. Guiltinan;Juan Jordano;Dilara Begum

  • In Vitro Cellular Effects of Hematoporphyrin Derivative

    Michael W. Berns;Anton Dahlman;Fred M. Johnson;Robert Burns

  • SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS AND PLANT REGENERATION FROM FLORAL EXPLANTS OF CACAO (THEOBROMA CACAO L.) USING THIDIAZURON

    Zhijian Li;Abdoulaye Traore;Siela Maximova;Mark J. Guiltinan

  • Transient Expression of CRISPR/Cas9 Machinery Targeting TcNPR3 Enhances Defense Response in Theobroma cacao.

    Andrew S. Fister;Lena Landherr;Siela N. Maximova;Mark J. Guiltinan

  • Bacterial endophytes: Bacillus spp. from annual crops as potential biological control agents of black pod rot of cacao

    Rachel L. Melnick;Nina K. Zidack;Bryan A. Bailey;Siela N. Maximova

  • Identification of Mutator insertional mutants of starch-branching enzyme 1 (sbe1) in Zea mays L.

    Susan L. Blauth;Kyung Nam Kim;Jeffery Klucinec;Jack C. Shannon

  • Efficiency, genotypic variability, and cellular origin of primary and secondary somatic embryogenesis of Theobroma cacao L.

    Siela N. Maximova;Laurence Alemanno;Anne Young;Nicole Ferrière

  • Pervasive effects of a dominant foliar endophytic fungus on host genetic and phenotypic expression in a tropical tree.

    Luis C. Mejía;Luis C. Mejía;Edward Allen Herre;Jed P. Sparks;Klaus Winter

  • The cis-regulatory element CCACGTGG is involved in ABA and water-stress responses of the maize gene rab28.

    Maria Pla;Josep Vilardell;Mark J. Guiltinan;William R. Marcotte;William R. Marcotte

  • Investigation of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of apple using green fluorescent protein: high transient expression and low stable transformation suggest that factors other than T-DNA transfer are rate-limiting.

    Siela N. Maximova;Abhaya M. Dandekar;Mark J. Guiltinan

  • A genome survey of Moniliophthora perniciosa gives new insights into Witches' Broom Disease of cacao

    Jorge M.C. Mondego;Marcelo F. Carazzolle;Gustavo G.L. Costa;Eduardo F. Formighieri

  • Independent genetic control of maize starch-branching enzymes IIa and IIb: Isolation and characterization of a Sbe2a cDNA

    Ming Gao;Dane K. Fisher;Kyung Nam Kim;Jack C. Shannon

  • Enhanced somatic embryogenesis in Theobroma cacao using the homologous BABY BOOM transcription factor

    Sergio L Florez;Rachel L Erwin;Siela N Maximova;Mark J Guiltinan

  • The responses of wild‐type and ABA mutant Arabidopsis thaliana plants to phosphorus starvation

    M. C. Trull;M. J. Guiltinan;J. P. Lynch;J. Deikman

  • Genome and secretome analysis of the hemibiotrophic fungal pathogen, Moniliophthora roreri, which causes frosty pod rot disease of cacao: mechanisms of the biotrophic and necrotrophic phases

    Lyndel W. Meinhardt;Gustavo Gilson Lacerda Costa;Daniela P. T. Thomazella;Paulo Jose P. L. Teixeira

  • Maize Starch-Branching Enzyme Isoforms and Amylopectin Structure. In the Absence of Starch-Branching Enzyme IIb, the Further Absence of Starch-Branching Enzyme Ia Leads to Increased Branching

    Yuan Yao;Donald B. Thompson;Mark J. Guiltinan

  • Towards the understanding of the cocoa transcriptome: Production and analysis of an exhaustive dataset of ESTs of Theobroma cacao L. generated from various tissues and under various conditions

    Xavier Argout;Olivier Fouet;Patrick Wincker;Karina Gramacho

Frequent Co-Authors

Bryan A. Bailey
Bryan A. Bailey Agricultural Research Service
Patrick Wincker
Patrick Wincker University of Paris-Saclay
John E. Carlson
John E. Carlson Pennsylvania State University
Ralph S. Quatrano
Ralph S. Quatrano Washington University in St. Louis
Brett M. Tyler
Brett M. Tyler Oregon State University
Jean-Marc Aury
Jean-Marc Aury University of Paris-Saclay
Julie Poulain
Julie Poulain French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Stephan C. Schuster
Stephan C. Schuster Nanyang Technological University
Richard J. Cyr
Richard J. Cyr Pennsylvania State University
Rod A. Wing
Rod A. Wing University of Arizona

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